Snow blankets the northern states (Today in Pictures)

Milo Bloom, 10, skis over a snowbank next to a parked car during a snowstorm in Portland, Maine. Strong winds are creating blizzard-like conditions. A wind chill factor of 30 degrees below zero is expected Friday.

Erin Vasselian, wife of fallen Marine Sgt. Daniel Vasselian, follows her husband's casket containing his body down the steps of St. Bridget Catholic Church after his funeral Mass in Abington, Mass. The 27-year-old Vasselian was killed in combat in Afghanistan on Dec, 23, 2013.

Machinists union member Rob Curran chants "no" at a rally asking members to vote against a proposed contract in Seattle. National leaders at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers recently announced a vote on Boeing's proposal despite the objections of local union leaders who had rejected the offer. The local leaders are recommending that members vote "no," in Friday's vote despite Boeing's threat that work on its new 777X airplane will go elsewhere if workers don't take the deal.